''Treehouse of Horror VII'' is a WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror Halloween episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and the first episode of the eighth season.

This year's tales of terror include Bart meeting his long-lost [[ConjoinedTwins Siamese twin]] who lives in the attic and has gone insane, Lisa becoming a goddess to a small civilization she created out of a tooth, some cola, and Bart zapping her with static electricity, and Homer trying to stop Kang and Kodos from posing as UsefulNotes/BillClinton and Bob Dole and running for U.S. President.

!!Tropes:* AbusiveParents: Homer and Marge's solution to Hugo being "evil" is to lock him up in the attic and feed him fish heads once a week. Once Bart turns out to be evil, they do the same to him.* AccidentalDiscovery: Lisa accidentally creates miniature life-forms by putting one of her teeth into a glass of cola.* AlienInvasion: Kang and Kodos' plan to invade Earth is done by acting as UsefulNotes/BillClinton and Bob Dole during the presidential elections. * AmazingTechnicolourPopulation: The miniature people of the tub are a grey-ish blue.* AnalProbing: Homer assumes Kang and Kodos want to do this, and starts to take his pants off before they make it clear they ''really'' don't.-->''STOP! We have reached the limits of what rectal probing can teach us!''* {{Anticlimax}}: The ending of "The Genesis Tub".* TheBadGuyWins: "Citizen Kang" ends with the Rigelian alien race enslaving the Earth.* BaitAndSwitch: ** After their first encounter with Hugo, the episode cuts to Bart, Lisa, and Maggie all apparently hiding in vases, but then reveals that they were hiding out in the closet instead.** Dr. Hibbert presents Hugo with a mirror so he can see himself for the first time, but it's just an empty frame so Hibbert can deliver a knockout punch instead.* BrickJoke: Kang and Kodos spray Homer with rum to make sure no one believes him. When Homer tries telling his family what happened, Bart dismisses his claims ("Sure ya were, rummy.").* BrutalHonesty: Kodos speaking at a rally as Bob Dole.-->'''Kodos:''' It makes no matter which one of us you vote for! Either way, your planet is doomed! ''DOOMED!''* TheCassandra: Kang and Kodos sprayed Homer with booze to make sure nobody would believe him. Probably nobody would have believed him anyway given that he was [[YouHaveToBelieveMe ranting about an alien invasion]].* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Homer believed "Citizen Kang" would have a different ending had Kodos won: "Don't blame me; I voted for Kodos!".* DidntThinkThisThrough: The tub people shrink Lisa in order to speak with their "God"... and have no way to unshrink her again, rendering her powerless to protect them from Bart. * DownerEnding: All three stories. ** Bart is thrown into the attic after discovering he's the evil twin.** Lisa is stuck in the micro-city with no way of being changed back to her normal size (what's more, Bart steals her project for his own and ''wins'' the science fair). And Bart also threatened that he would flush the tub into the toilet.** The U.S. (possibly the entire world) is enslaved by Kang and Kodos.* EvilTwin: "The Thing and I". With a twist! ''Bart'''s the evil twin.-->'''Bart:''' Oh, don't look so shocked.* FailedASpotCheck:** Bart apparently never noticed that large, easily noticed surgical scar on his side.** Homer kicks a bush in a rage. It's only after he hurts his foot that he realizes there's a giant spaceship parked right there.* {{Foreshadowing}}: Dr. Hibbert's flashback to when Bart and Hugo were born shows that the twin on the right was the evil one (as he kept biting the twin on the left). When Bart discovers his scar, it's on his ''left side''.* GenderReveal: Kodos is apparently ''female''.* HopeSpot: In ''Citizen Kang'', Homer discovers where the real UsefulNotes/BillClinton and Bob Dole are being held and manages to reawaken them. Once he does, they decide to put aside their differences and work together. Unfortunately, when he tries getting them out of their tubes, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero he instead winds up shooting them up into outer space to their deaths]].* IHaveAFamily: Subverted.-->'''Homer:''' (to Kang and Kodos) Please don't eat me! I have a wife and kids! [[SubvertedTrope Eat them]]!* InOneEarOutTheOther: While the miniature spaceships from the "The Genesis Tub" are attacking Bart, one of them flies into his left ear and exits his right.* InsistentTerminology: Lisa tries to correct Dr. Hibbert's use of the term “Siamese twins", but Hibbert’s having none of it.-->'''Lisa''': I believe they prefer to be called "ConjoinedTwins".-->'''Dr. Hibbert''': And hillbillies want to be called "[[LessEmbarrassingTerm sons of the soil]]", but [[ForcedMeme it ain’t gonna happen]].* LadyLooksLikeADude: The male-sounding Kodos is female, according to this episode.* LampshadeHanging:** During ''The Thing and I'', Bart points out the story of Hugo doesn't make any sense.** The commentary for ''Citizen Kang'' notes how the tubes have bands covering Dole and Clinton's midsections, but don't conceal their butts.* LightningCanDoAnything: Lisa inadvertently creates life when she discharges static electricity on her tooth.* MadwomanInTheAttic: Parodied with Bart's EvilTwin, Hugo, locked up in the attic.* ManOnFire: During the opening segment, Homer lights a "Jack O' Lantern" pumpkin and accidentally lights himself on fire. * MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: Homer crashes the spaceship into the Capitol and successfully reveals the candidates' real identities. However, despite being exposed, Kang and Kodos declare to the people that they have to choose between one of them because "it's a two-party system" since it's too late to get new candidates. One man in the crowd announces that he will vote for a third-party candidate, but Kang and Kodos tell him: "Go ahead, throw your vote away."* PaperThinDisguise: No one seems to realise the disguised Kang and Kodos aren't Dole or Clinton, despite their putting little to no effort into their disguises.-->'''Kodos:''' I am Clin-ton! As overlord, all will kneel trembling before me and obey my brutal commands! ''(cross arms over chest)'' End communication!-->'''Marge:''' Hrrm, that's Slick Willie for you. Always with the smooth talk.* PunBasedTitle: "The Thing and I" references ''Film/TheKingAndI'', while "Citizen Kang" references ''Film/CitizenKane''. * SceneryCensor: the bio-duplictation fields neatly cover Dole and Clinton's nethers.* ShoutOut: ** While bringing fish heads to Hugo Homer sings "Fish Heads", the biggest hit of Barnes & Barnes. ** The ''Genesis Tub'' segment is a reference to the ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "The Little People". This plot would be referenced too in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode [[Recap/SouthParkS6E7SimpsonsAlreadyDidIt "Simpsons Already Did It"]] where the characters point out that Cartman bringing a bunch of "sea men" alive in an aquarium is similar to the plot of this Simpsons Halloween episode. ** ''Citizen Kang'' is yet another ''Simpsons'' reference to ''Citizen Kane''.** When the little people Lisa created are nailing commandments to the wall of a church, Lisa says: "I created Lutherans". Martin Luther started the Lutheran/Protestant movement when he nailed commandments and statements to the wall of a church, criticizing the Roman Catholic Church.** Homer crashing the UFO into the US Capitol Dome references ''Film/EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers''.* StupidestThingIveEverHeard: The Frink look-alike laughs at Lisa's idea of unshrinking her.* TakeAThirdOption: The voters consider voting for a third candidate when Kang and Kodos are revealed, but get mocked for it.-->'''Kang:''' [[TakeThat Go ahead, throw your vote away!]]** Ross Perot, Reform Party candidate in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections, is then seen punching his straw hat open.* TakeMeToYourLeader: Kang and Kodos to Homer, who explains there's about to be an election.* TimeMarchesOn: The 1996 presidential election provides the basis for "Citizen Kang".* UranusIsShowing: Kang and Kodos tell Homer that they come from "A nearby ringed planet whose name we'd prefer not to mention".* WellIntentionedExtremist: Hugo's "surgery" was for the sake of becoming one with his twin brother again. He even practiced on a "pigeon-rat".----